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...suit will hinge on the fact that the first confirmed case of H1N1 appears to be a 5-year-old Mexican boy from La Gloria who lived not far from the Smithfield pork-farming operation. Local villagers had been complaining about the smell and the vast amounts of manure created by the Smithfield pig farms for some time, and H1N1 infection rates in the community were high. The idea that factory farming - where pigs are packed together closely - could provide a breeding ground for new viruses also has some scientific backing. A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts...
...human outbreak is thought to have occurred in February). So far, no pigs have been found to be infected with the virus, other than at one farm in Canada on May 2, where the swine were actually infected by a human worker. And on May 14, Smithfield announced that Mexican authorities had completed tests of the company's pigs in Perote and found no evidence of the virus in the swine. (It's not clear what test Mexican authorities used; only blood tests for antibodies can confirm the virus...
...community doesn't feel the same sense of being under siege. President Obama and his election symbolized to us that America no longer wanted it to be "us" versus "them" - it's going to be more inclusive and tolerant. I think right now people are more afraid of a Mexican guy with a cough than an Arab guy. I don't think people love us, but the anger has passed. (Read "Ignoring Arab-Americans...
...past, which might give them some immunity. Or it may be that young people simply encountered H1N1 more often in the early days of the outbreak. The only thing that's clear is that young people are contracting it and they are getting sick. In the small Mexican town of La Gloria, where the virus appears to have originated in early February, H1N1 infected over 61% of the under-15-year-olds in the community. That's worrying because the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed up to 50 million people, was particularly virulent in the young...
...report on gang activity in the U.S. military found that members of nearly every major street gang were present in the ranks of the U.S. armed forces. Service members associated with Bloods, Crips, Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples, Hells Angels, Latin Kings, The 18th Street Gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Mexican Mafia, Nortenos, Surenos, Vice Lords and various white supremacist groups were documented serving at U.S. military installations at home and abroad. The report said the Army had the highest count of gang members in its ranks, partly because it is the largest branch and partly because of relatively lax recruitment...